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ZUNI ORIGIN MYTHS 



455 a'ntecematika. 



they summoned. 



luEon 



This one 



1 na 



coming 



a- wan 



their 



a- towa 



corn plants 



a''cuklipa 



a^'wisikwatika. a^'wasikwatipa s'u'hson a'ka yo'nawilap a"'teaka. 



they became good Having become good now that one with becoming with they lived. 



i'skon 



There 



a' wan 



their 



to eat 



?e'wanan 



time 



yam 



Their 



e'leteliwe 



sacred things 



i''te'tcap i'skon tu'walemaka. 



used up. There they arose. 



i'yante'tciEana kal a-wa'ka. ka'ka tci'- 



one another reaching hither they went. Sometime first 



mikaka 



beginning 



ke'ai'inakwi 



cornstalk sitting to 



a-'wika. 



they came. 



i'skon 



There 



yam 



their 



460 wo'ta-pi'lakana i'skon a"'witen ?e'wanan 



putting setting in there four days 



down a row 



e'leteliwe 



sacred things 



i-'tinakii. a-'wdten 



they sat down. Four 



?e'wana le"kwap a''\viten ?e'pikwai'ina. i'skon yam ?o'waconan 



days 



?e'mla 



te wanan 



time 



i'&umanapka. 



they planted. 



u'natina'kii. 



was beheld. 



years. 



i'skon i'yan 



There one another 



There their 



ka'cim 



waters 



seed of corn 



i'yan 



a'ka 



with one 



another 



.Ea'-eto'w a''wite ya'to-we a-'\viten 



tour days four 



fe'Hna'we Eii'lana li'ton-?e'lakwi le'-eto'we mn'-eto'we a"'wite 



nights heavy rain rain touching four 



465ya'to-we a-'witen ?e'linawe u'pinan-?e'lakwi a-'wan u'lohnan 



days four nights snow touching their world 



te'aka. a-' wan le'wanan i'te'tcikii. a- 'wan a-'?owa ho'i-ya''- 



was. Their time was used up. Their corn plants persons 



kanapka. ho'i-ya"'kana'wap a"'}o'o. i'skon a''tci le'skwanan 



were finished. 



persons being finished they were hard. There 



"si tcu'wap tse"makwin a'ka ho"na'wan 



"Now who thoughts with our 



tin'a?" "ma la'cipowa." a"'tci le'kwanan 



soft?" "Well, soft feather bundle. " the two thus saying 



470 a'ntecematika. mu'hiikw i'kii. i'nan 



summoned. Owl came. Coming 



the two 



a"'fowa 



corn plants 



a-'tci 



the two 



a* 'wan 



their 



thus saying, 



a^'wicaka- 



shall become 



mu'hiikw 



owl 



a''?owa 



com plants 



a"'cukliiDa a-wicakatika. 



pecking they became soft. 



i'skon lu'walemakunti'ahna 



There about to arise 



a"'tci le'skwaka "si ama lat 



the two thus said, "Now come on there 



a''tci le'kwanan a-'tc a'ka. 



thus saying 



The two 



the two went. 



hon ?o'wa ci'wan a'cuwakace 



we com priest let us speak with.' 



a'tci ?o'wa ci'wan an i'nkwin te'tcinan "ko'na ?on te'wanan 



The two corn priest his staying place arriving " Uow you time 



475 a''teaiye." "ke'tsanici hon £e'wanan a^'teakwi ho'na ?on a^'wona- 



are living?" "Happily we time living when us you roads 



e'lateka a"'tci i''mu." a"'tci i''muka. i'skon i'yantehkimanapka. 



have passed. Both sit down." The two sat down. There one another they questioned , 



"ma a"'tci pene. hi'nik kwa'tik pe'nan te'yulanam"e penan 



"Well both speak out. I think some-kind word not too lung word 



